What's needed to measure environmental justice more accurately and equitably? Pleased to share our recs for 's beta version of the Climate & Econ Justice Screening Tool, w/ A. Shipp & . Blog w/full comment link here:
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Hearing this from folks in #MT RE: flood recovery. Getting back on your feet is challenging enough for local govs. But how do you recover strategically? In ways that make your community even better? No guide & little $ for bridging recovery w long-term community wellbeing
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“It’s not like the tornado dropped a recovery manual on the way out of town” - disaster after disaster we hear the same critique from overwhelmed local staff & residents. Our recovery system is far too complex and opaque for the people who are actually responsible for recovery.
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Local government staff in rural places often wear many hats, and when disaster strikes, the new job of long-term recovery and resilience is an additional hat -- who wears it? Our rural capacity map shows gaps in many communities. bit.ly/3uTP0ts
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I spent all day making code to convert zip codes to county FIP codes to Rural Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC) to rurality level in Stata.
It took ~57,000 lines of code.
Sharing it here so y'all do not have to remake it. Tagging data nerds in the comments.
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Our new paper on a new energy poverty metric that considers energy limiting behaviors using smart meter data in Arizona. With Funding Link nature.com/articles/s4146
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Great to see our recommendations to improve environmental justice measurement in the #Justice40 EJ tool featured in the GW regulatory rundown - w/ A. Shipp - our blog here: tinyurl.com/4j5wvrt4
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13/13 A ✔️comprehensive suite of climate change metrics & ✔️accountability structure for monitoring & evaluating benefits and unintended consequences is also necessary to achieve Justice40 goals with the new Climate & Econ Justice Tool. Full comment here:
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12/n These recommendations are just a first step.
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11/n To ensure rural and tribal community hazard interests are not lost in the final tool, we recommend incorporating eligibility metrics specific to them and allowing submission of state-level hazard data that roll up into the tool’s existing hazard categories.
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10/n 👉3) Accept rural & tribal metrics to address urban bias and expand the tool’s representativeness. Currently, only national-scale data are used in the tool, effectively erasing many rural- & tribal-specific EJ hazards like mining and ag exposure.
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9/n W/o prioritizing communities, those with few EJ exposures could outcompete those with significant cumulative burdens for investment resources—diluting the impact of Justice40 & again inconsistent w/EJ principles.
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8/n But communities often face more than one environmental, economic, & public health stressor, resulting in cumulative burden.
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7/n 👉2) Measure cumulative impacts to prioritize communities w/ greatest environmental hazard exposure and greatest economic & public health burdens. Currently, the tool uses binary eligibility criteria—communities either qualify for EJ resources or they don't!
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6/n Omitting race is counter to established EJ principles & risks perpetuating existing EJ disparities by race—not at all the goal of the tool.
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5/n 👉1) Include race measures to improve EJ measurement validity & align the tool w/EJ principles. Race is missing from the current tool, but race is the most significant & consistent predictor of exposure to many EJ hazards.
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4/n But some key elements of EJ measurement are missing from the tool, and addressing them would better ensure it effectively serves the admin’s goals of prioritizing investments in communities exposed to the most serious environmental hazards. So what's needed?
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3/n Unlike similar, more informational federal tools, once finalized, this tool will help inform decisions about community eligibility for federal EJ resources, so 🚨it's vital that it gets environmental justice measurement right—in its methods, metrics, and usability.🚨
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2/n TLDR? Here's a summary: The Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool is core to the Justice40 Initiative, which will deliver 40% of many federal energy & climate investment benefits to communities experiencing disproportionate environmental or pollution exposure burdens.
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Some new work of mine with USU and UNR colleagues available online! "Preferences for Economic and Environmental Goals in Rural Community Development in the Western United States*"
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We're hiring a PhD level #demographer or #ruralsociologiest. Join a growing interdisciplinary team at . 12-month Senior Research Associate to tackle population projections, policy, and research in #Mississippi Details here: careers.olemiss.edu/job/University
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Last call to join us at 9PT/12ET Today‼️ - for a deep dive into the Justice40 initiative and EJ indexes and screening tools - with Ana Baptista, Jamesa Johnson-Greer, Paul Mohai, Sacoby Wilson, and Margaret Walls. See you soon!
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#EJ screening tools can help to identify the communities that are most affected by #pollution and where the most vulnerable groups are located.
Tune in tomorrow @ noon as we discuss their uses for #Justice40 and similar programs. rff.org/events/environ
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And adding that I'll keep this pinned until the position is filled, so if you're still seeing this up top, there's still time to apply!
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In search of Climate and Communities lead ! This affects all people and places, so expertise across urban, suburban, and #rural places welcomed.
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Beyond excited to share this opportunity to come work with me and my brilliant, thoughtful environment and climate policy colleagues at @urbaninstitute as the new head of the Climate and Communities Practice Area. Environment, Energy, and Climate folks, 
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please check out this job description and consider applying! urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca
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So if you're keen to partner with and lead a talented group of colleagues in our practice area and collaborate with scholars with related expertise and interest across Urban’s other policy centers to generate policy-relevant research to meet the climate challenge...
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We connect our work with cross-Urban social and economic policy experts in related areas like health, housing finance, tax, immigration, and financial wellbeing.
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In the Climate and Communities Practice Area, we research policy solutions on topics like climate change adaptation & mitigation, resilience & urban planning, disaster response & recovery, housing quality, energy transitions, and environmental change.
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Beyond excited to share this opportunity to come work with me and my brilliant, thoughtful environment and climate policy colleagues at as the new head of the Climate and Communities Practice Area. Environment, Energy, and Climate folks, 🚨Please share widely!🚨
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Attn: Students
We're #hiring research interns for the summer! Come join us for 10 weeks in Washington, DC, and work on projects that can improve decisionmaking for a healthy #environment and a thriving #economy.
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ICYMI—A recording of yesterday's event, “Environmental Justice: Research and Community Partnerships,” with , , , , and , is now available!
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Mark your calendars! Very much looking forward to discussing partnerships bw researchers & community organizations to advance environmental justice & identify policy + program solutions - on Jan. 19 w/
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How can researchers and community organizations collaborate effectively to advance #EnvironmentalJustice knowledge and work toward equitable solutions to environmental problems?
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On Friday, NCC's joined and Myles Kamisher-Koch for a panel moderated by to discuss strategies for improving broadband infrastructure and ways that community leaders can lead the charge. #PromiseNeighborhoods2021
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Hiring a post-doc in just transitions & public finance. Queries welcome, screening begins Dec 16. Native scholars encouraged. With @plentydoorscdc and
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Deadline extended to January 3rd!
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We're hiring a Legal Fellow for 2022-2023! This position is open to third year students or recent graduates interested in environmental and energy law and policy.
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